SKY SPORTS commentator Pien Meulensteen is the daughter of a former Manchester United assistant manager. The Dutch-born journalist has worked for some of football's biggest broadcasters since graduating from the University of Salford. Along with Sky Sports, Pien also works for ITV and the Premier League, as well as being part of DAZN's Women's Champions League coverage. When she is not comm...Full Story »

ALAN SHEARER'S daughter Chloe has stunned fans with her latest Instagram post as she celebrates her birthday in Paris. Chloe is celebrating turning 31 in the French capital and is alongside her sister Hollie. Hollie provided fans with plenty of snaps of their trip away together on her Instagram too. The pair enjoyed some food in a restaurant before ducking out of the rain in the streets of ...Full Story »

Bayern Munich sporting director Christoph Freund states that Harry Kane is not a short term signing. Kane is in the peak years of his career, but speculation this week mounted that he may soon be back at Tottenham. The North London club's chairman Daniel Levy stated they had a buy back clause in the deal that took Kane to Bayern this summer. Freund told DAZN: "We won't say anything about th...Full Story »

The Dutch tactician has overseen the club's worst start to a campaign since before Sir Alex Ferguson's time at Old Trafford, and reports in the Netherlands now suggest that Feyenoord boss Arne Slot could be in line to replace him. According to 1908.nl, Slot is continuing to enhance his reputation as a rising star in management, having already attracted strong interest from Tottenham in the su...Full Story »

Man City in pole position to land Boca left-back Barco Manchester City could land Boca Juniors left-back Valentin Barco for a fee of around £15m in January. (Football Insider) pic.twitter.com/OFDbXyGMNg— Transfer News Central (@TransferNewsCen) September 21, 2023 Xavi set to extend Barca contract until 2025 Everything in place for Xavi’s contract extension. New de...Full Story »

Unai Emery insists Aston Villa must learn how to handle European football and refused to blame his changes after their sloppy 3-2 defeat at Legia Warsaw.Ernest Muci’s second-half winner clinched a deserved victory for the hosts to ruin Villa’s Europa Conference League debut.Jhon Duran and Lucas Digne twice levelled for the underwhelming visitors in the first half after Pawel Wszolek ...Full Story »

Thomas Muller became just the third player to reach 100 wins in the Champions League when Bayern Munich beat Manchester United 4-3 on Wednesday. WHAT HAPPENED? Muller came off the bench after 87 minutes as his side started their 2023-24 campaign with a good result on home soil. Bayern were 3-1 up when he took scorer Harry Kane's place, but the home team conceded two more afterwards as Casemi...Full Story »

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has acknowledged that the decision to bring Cristiano Ronaldo back to Manchester United during his time as manager "turned out wrong." Ronaldo's return to United in August 2021 failed to live up to expectations with the Portuguese leaving in acrimonious circumstances and joining Al Nassri in Saudi Arabia a little over a year later. "It was a decision that was very diffic...Full Story »

Manchester United have identified Erik ten Hag's successor in the Old Trafford. That's according to reports in the Netherlands, following the Red Devils' woeful start to the season, which continues tonight away to Bayern Munich. The club have lost three times in the Premier League already, with Saturday's drubbing at home to Brighton & Hove Albion being a particularly sore defeat. With ...Full Story »

Devastated goalkeeper Andre Onana said he let the team down with his costly mistake at the start of Manchester United’s Champions League loss to Bayern Munich.Erik ten Hag’s side suffered a fourth loss in five matches as a bright start in Bavaria went up in smoke with the summer signing somehow letting a Leroy Sane shot squirm home.Bayern quickly added a second through Serge Gnabry a...Full Story »

Leicester manager Enzo Maresca was impressed with the way his side coped with a stern challenge as they edged to a 2-0 win at Norwich to maintain their excellent start to the Championship season.Maresca’s team have now won six of their seven league games to lie second in the embryonic table but they were made to work hard for their success by a home side who had won all their games at Carr...Full Story »

Tony Mowbray praised “super talent” Jack Clarke after his double helped Sunderland to a 3-1 victory at Blackburn.The Black Cats rode their luck early on and needed two brilliant heroic blocks from Dan Ballard to save certain goals.It gave Sunderland and Clarke the platform to flourish. He won and converted the opener – a calm finish from the penalty spot – and although Ha...Full Story »

Jack Clarke scored twice as Sunderland moved up to fourth in the Sky Bet Championship with an impressive 3-1 win at Blackburn.The Black Cats had to weather a ferocious early Blackburn storm, but took the lead with their first shot as Clarke won and converted a 28th-minute penalty. Harry Leonard’s header drew Rovers level, but Dan Neil struck his second goal of the season in added time to g...Full Story »

Manchester United’s Champions League return ended in disappointment as Harry Kane struck from the spot for Bayern Munich in an entertaining 4-3 win kicked off by Andre Onana’s clanger.The European heavyweights are at very different stages right now, with the perennial Bundesliga champions second favourites to win a competition that the Red Devils did not even feature in last season.A...Full Story »

Harry Kane left Tottenham earlier this summer to join Bayern Munich in a deal worth £100million. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has revealed that his side inserted a buy-back clause into the deal that allowed Harry Kane to join Bayern Munich over the summer. The Bundesliga side forked out £100million for the services of the England international, though a return to the Premier League ...Full Story »

Barcelona have to shell out €20m to sign Vermeeren Barcelona is considering signing Arthur Vermeeren from Royal Antwerp, according to Mundo Deportivo. Vermeeren, an 18-year-old midfielder, has recently come under the radar of Barcelona, with the club scouting him on three different occasions. However, to acquire Vermeeren, Barcelona will need to fork out a transfer fee of €20 mil...Full Story »

Preston boss Ryan Lowe insists he is not getting carried away after he saw his side come from behind to earn a sixth win in a row with a 2-1 victory over Birmingham at Deepdale.A cautious first 45 minutes from both teams was in complete contrast to the second when Jay Stansfield smashed the Blues in front less than a minute after the half-time interval.Preston have yet to taste defeat in their o...Full Story »

Sheffield Wednesday manager Xisco Munoz said his focus is on the future despite his side remaining without a victory this campaign following a 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough.Darragh Lenihan’s second-half goal for Boro cancelled out Anthony Musaba’s opener.It was 23rd against 24th in South Yorkshire and that is where the draw sees the sides remain; both are now without a win in their fir...Full Story »

Cardiff manager Erol Bulut’s gamble on resting Aaron Ramsey paid handsome dividends as his side beat Coventry 3-2 to make it back-to-back home wins in the Championship for the first time since February.Ramsey sat out the game against the Sky Blues having played for both club and country last week and Bulut did not want to push him too hard too soon.“Aaron was rested because he had ha...Full Story »

Boreham Wood extended their unbeaten run to three matches as they hit back for a point in a 1-1 draw at home to Rochdale.Tyrese Sinclair was Dale’s danger man in the first half, firing over with two well-struck efforts, while Jesurun Uchegbulam brought a comfortable save from Nathan Ashmore.Rochdale opened the scoring early in the second half when Cameron John’s shot was spilled by A...Full Story »